BuzzSumo vs. Paladin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BuzzSumo
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
BuzzSumo is an influencer marketing platform focused on influencer location, author reports, content analysis for locating trends, and domain comparisons, useful for competitor analysis. The analysis engine is intentioned to track and optimize content marketing efforts. BuzzSumo was acquired by Brandwatch, which is now a Cision company (acquired February 2021).
$199
per month
Paladin
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Paladin is presented as an essential influencer marketing platform for brands, agencies, and creator networks. Boasting customers in 30+ countries across 6 continents, the Paladin platform streamlines influencer discovery, talent management, and campaign reporting across Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, and TikTok.N/A
Pricing
BuzzSumoPaladin
Editions & Modules
Content Creation
$199
per month
PR & Comms
$299
per month
Suite
$499
per month
Enterprise
$999
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BuzzSumoPaladin
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Small Businesses
Cision Communications Cloud
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Score 6.9 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cision Communications Cloud
Cision Communications Cloud
Score 6.9 out of 10
Mention
Mention
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Cision Communications Cloud
Cision Communications Cloud
Score 6.9 out of 10
Meltwater
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
BuzzSumoPaladin
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
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Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.4
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BuzzSumoPaladin
Likelihood to Recommend
It's well suited for marketing agencies of all sizes who need to quickly monitor the placements of their clients in the media. It's helpful to professional content creators to see how existing content and topics are performing online. It's perhaps less appropriate for a single freelance user with a limited budget who could do much of that work for free online, albeit with far greater consumption of their most valuable resource - time.
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Pros
  • From Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Reddit data, to large scale content analysis, influencers, trending news stories and media alerts, you get it all.
  • Helps me find the best topics for content writing, allows my organization to track word patterns.
  • Finding influencers and researching topics.
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Cons
  • Although I think it's hard, I'd like to see it being used for other mediums as well such as Twitch, etc.
  • It could have better backlink data to include more backlinks that each content piece has.
  • One or two more pricing tiers might work.
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Usability
The interface is a little clunky for me, especially on mobile. However, the directions are clear and it didn't take long for me to figure out how to use it. I just wish that things were a little more streamlined.
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Support Rating
The support we have received over the years has been wonderful. They have definitely demonstrated excellent customer service. We find the chat support to be the quickest and most useful for the day-to-day questions. A rep always responds very timely, answers our questions, and sends a follow-up to ensure we're maintaining success
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Alternatives Considered
  • Sprout Social and Salesforce are extremely expensive and don't offer the same powerful content marketing features that Buzzsumo offers for a third of the price
  • The crisis monitoring and social listening tools within Buzzsumo are much more user-friendly
  • The permissions in Sprout Social get very confusion and setup has been a pain and the content analysis features aren't that intuitive
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Return on Investment
  • It has had a positive return as it has allowed us to create better content and gain popularity online.
  • Though the cost is relatively high in my opinion, it has allowed us to make better organic content than we would have paid this cost on ads.
  • Helps us find influencers for campaigns.
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ScreenShots

Paladin Screenshots

Screenshot of Identify the perfect creator for your agency roster or brand campaign. Paladin’s influencer discovery tool tracks 50M+ global creators, making it easy to pinpoint the right influencers every time.Screenshot of Easily track your influencer relationships in a private CRM, whether they’re exclusive or non-exclusive talent partners. Record each influencer’s contact details and payment information, store contracts, and capture additional first-party data with custom fields. You can also monitor correspondence with your talent via automated bcc email tracking.Screenshot of Say goodbye to screenshots and manual reporting nightmares. Our platform automatically tracks all sponsored content, even saving ephemeral posts like Instagram Stories to view after they expire.Screenshot of Our platform reports on campaign impressions, viewership, engagements, and audience demographics throughout the campaign so you can provide trusted, real-time updates to your clients via exportable reports or a live dashboard.